The race, in three figures
The race, in words
SANJEEV DESAI finished 540th of 609 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:29:19.
The runs carried this race: faster than 31% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:43. A harder second half: 9:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Delhi ran slow: the 620 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:05Running 1 5:06v median +0:38
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Block 02 12:06Running 2 7:40v median +1:02
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Block 03 17:11Running 3 8:04v median +0:38
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Block 04 21:23Running 4 8:08v median +0:55
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Block 05 14:33Running 5 8:04v median +0:34
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Block 06 12:37Running 6 8:22v median +1:18
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Block 07 21:06Running 7 8:45v median +1:36
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Block 08 27:27Running 8 7:01v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 596
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 596 men who finished.